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What idiots buy for their children
What happens when you let a talentless political idealist direct a cartoon as opposed to an actual cartoonist? You get this. A half-hour of preachy values, strained connections to ancient fables, and bargain basement cartoon characters so forgettable that even Chris-Chan doesn’t know who they are.
I suppose it could have been worse. It could have been Veggie Tales.
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Magic Knight Rayearth
We explore a series about three little girls who are summoned to a magic realm by a princess who wants them to kill her for falling in love…because love is bad if you’re the princess, apparently. Oh, and there’s some stuff about being the pillar, or some other such gobbledy gook. Something about a little Pikachu-thingy creature also being God. And then the series asks if it’s really incest if you’re making out with yourself.
Look, the point here is that Rayearth is a weird attempt to follow up the shoujo groundwork laid by Sailor Moon. As I had only played the Sega Saturn game (and a fine game it is) I sat back slack-jawwed as the ladies explained to Ben and me exactly what this show is all about.
So sit back, relax, and enjoy some magic girly goodness, I guess.
Oh, you guys get bonus homework! Since I lerves me them vidjero games and wish to spread as much love as I can about the Saturn and publisher Working Designs, I humbly ask that you listen to this episode of Retronauts to hear an interview with Victor Ireland. He talks about the torture that it was to port Rayearth to the states and what the US anime rights holders had asked him to do! Yikes! Must listen!
Oh, and don’t forget to subscribe to the new Retronauts blog, because they’ll be making new episodes again soon!
that Alcione is quite the looker, I must say.
Well. My head asplode.
Ah, memories.
Jenny Stigile sang the theme song on the Sega Saturn version of Magic Knight Rayearth.
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The show this is from is better animated than anything Filmation ever did.
In a bonus round, we also talk about the next Ninja Turtles crossover. Seriously, one was enough.
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This is awesome!
Discussed:
Dexter’s Lab
Powerpuff Girls
Samurai Jack
Sym-Bionic Titan
…and more!
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Vision Of Escaflowne
Kittyhawk and the Chu take over this episode and a lot of passion for the show, both positive and negative, comes to the surface. Things become heated for a moment, but we’re all cool in the end.
This episode may have some of the longest stretches of audio in which neither Ben nor Neil say ANYTHING.